GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY)
GoDaddy is the digital landlord that helps small businesses get online by registering their website names and providing tools to build their presence.
Is GoDaddy Inc. a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: Strong brand recognition in the domain space. Worth weighing: High competition from free or low-cost website builders.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Share price divided by the earnings actually reported over the four most recent quarters. The range is the same calculation at each of this company's last few results, so roughly the past year.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does GoDaddy Inc. do?
GoDaddy makes its money by charging small business owners for domain names, website hosting, and digital marketing tools. Think of them as the digital equivalent of a high-street shop fitter, helping people set up their virtual storefronts. The question that counts is whether they can keep these small business customers paying for extra services beyond just their initial website address.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on value and quality, and weakest on income.
- !Pays no dividend - the whole return rides on the share price
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 7% over the year
- ✓Very profitable - turns about 18% of sales into profit
- !Carries a lot of debt - roughly 573.3x its equity
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- Momentum screens low
- Income screens low
Does GoDaddy Inc. pay a dividend?
No - GoDaddy Inc. doesn't currently pay a dividend, so the whole return would rest on the share price. Plenty of growing companies reinvest their profits instead of paying them out - neither approach is better or worse, they're just different.
Does GoDaddy Inc. have more cash or more debt?
It holds about $1.20B in cash against about $3.84B of debt - so it has net debt of about $2.64B. Debt is not automatically a problem - it funds growth - but it has to be serviced and repaid, which matters more when profits wobble.
From the latest reported balance sheet. Cash and debt levels change, and some borrowing is normal - this is context, not a judgment.
What do GoDaddy Inc.'s numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-09-11. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has GoDaddy Inc. actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, GoDaddy Inc. fell as much as −65% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does GoDaddy Inc. make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
Where does each £100 of GoDaddy Inc.'s sales go?
A rough split of the latest full-year figures: of every £100 of sales, about £36 covers making the product or service, £46 goes on running costs, tax and interest, and about £18 is left as profit. Margins vary a lot by industry, and one-off items can distort a single year.
When does GoDaddy Inc. report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
GoDaddy Inc. is next scheduled to report on about 2026-10-29 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | $1.69 | $1.83 | Beat +8% |
| 2026-04-30 | $1.99 | $2.05 | Beat +3% |
| 2026-02-24 | $2.22 | $2.30 | Beat +4% |
| 2025-10-30 | $2.15 | $1.99 | Missed -7% |
| 2025-08-07 | $1.34 | $1.41 | Beat +5% |
| 2025-05-01 | $1.97 | $1.86 | Missed -5% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, GoDaddy Inc. came in ahead of what analysts expected 4 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
See who else reports over the next two weeks →
Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for GoDaddy Inc.?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
Becoming the primary digital hub for millions of global small businesses.
Obsolescence of traditional website models in favour of social media-only commerce.
What are the pros and cons of GoDaddy Inc.?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Strong brand recognition in the domain space
- High profit margins on core services
- Essential service for small business owners
- High competition from free or low-cost website builders
- No dividend payments for shareholders
- Significant recent decline in share price
- Reliance on the health of the small business sector
- Rapid changes in how people build websites
- Potential for rising customer acquisition costs
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A sustained drop in the number of new small businesses starting up
- A major shift where businesses abandon websites for social media platforms
Common questions about GoDaddy Inc.
Does GoDaddy Inc. pay a dividend?
No - GoDaddy Inc. does not currently pay a dividend, so the return would rest on the share price. Many growing companies reinvest profits instead of paying them out.
When does GoDaddy Inc. report earnings next?
GoDaddy Inc. is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-10-29. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.